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No. 1 (2024)

Space, law, and their relationship: path and boundaries of legal geography

  • Ettore Asoni
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3280/rgioa1-2024oa17374
Submitted
febbraio 28, 2024
Published
2024-03-21

Abstract

Throughout the last thirty years, legal geography has established itself as an interdisciplinary project across geography and legal studies. This article examines its trajectory to determine whether it should be interpreted as an autonomous field or a stream of heterogenous contributions. To answer, I examine the work of Niklas Luhmann as an author of interest for interdisciplinary approaches to the study of law, and legal geography in this case. In doing so, I introduce the Italian public to research at the intersection of law and geography to spark interest and participation.

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